Initial scaffolding for matching microservice

[tylerthome]

Overview

Create an initial setup for a Flask microservice responsible for performing matches between candidates

Action Items

1. Create a Flask application accepting a JSON payload on a POST route
2. Create a Dockerfile to include webservice and necessary scipy dependencies. Specifically, the Docker image must include the package(s) for scipy.optimize.linear_sum_assignment

Resources/Instructions

There is an example Flask application and associated Dockerfile in the shared housing application server source.

Any suggested changes to the details of this task can be discussed here.

[AlbertUlysses]

Hey Tyler, so it sounds like you just need an REST API with one POST route that we can add to it. I can write the code for this and create a requirements.txt file but I'm not sure how to write the Dockerfile. What fields should I use for the JSON to POST?